This is an excellent, premium cowhide rug with beautiful brindle light brown coloring that fades to darker stripes and showing darker coloration at the shoulders, it is sometimes described as "tiger-striped", although the brindle pattern is more subtle than that of a tiger's coat.. Brindle coloration show the streaks of color are irregular and darker than the base color of the coat, although very dark markings can be seen on a coat that is only slightly lighter. The cowhide (also referred to as cow hide, steer hide, steer hide) is a brand-new example, being professionally tanned and in pristine condition. The rug is also considered an Extra-Large (XL) to Extra-Extra-Large (XXL) size, being 8 feet 4 inches long by 6 feet 2 inches